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kmaaj
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Does anyone know of a complete listing of Pope John Paul II’s apologies?
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ClearWater
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Here’s a list, don’t know if it’s complete.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_apologies_made_by_Pope_John_Paul_II
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_apologies_made_by_Pope_John_Paul_II
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Abu
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During the Great Jubilee year, Bl John Paul II issued a famous “apology” or act of contrition on behalf of the entire Catholic Church for the serious sins committed by its members over its almost 2,000 years of history.
In First Things (November 1997), Harvard Law Professor Mary Ann Glendon wrote that “the Pope himself has acknowledged the mistakes and sins of Christians in connection with, among other things, the Crusades, the Inquisition, persecution of the Jews, religious wars, Galileo, and the treatment of women. Thus, though the Pope himself is careful to speak of sin or error on the part of the Church’s members or representatives, rather than the Church in its fullness, that important theological distinction is almost always lost in the transmission.”
PUBLIC ACTS OF CONTRITION IN THE AGE OF SPIN CONTROL
Mary Ann Glendon
“…in a new book titled When a Pope Asks Forgiveness, Luigi Accattoli counted no less than ninety-four instances where John Paul II himself had, acknowledged the mistakes and sins of Christians in connection with, among other things, the Crusades, the Inquisition, persecution of the Jews, religious wars, in re Galileo, and the treatment of women.
vatican.va/jubilee_2000/magazine/documents/ju_mag_01071997_p-26_en.html
You could get that book.
In First Things (November 1997), Harvard Law Professor Mary Ann Glendon wrote that “the Pope himself has acknowledged the mistakes and sins of Christians in connection with, among other things, the Crusades, the Inquisition, persecution of the Jews, religious wars, Galileo, and the treatment of women. Thus, though the Pope himself is careful to speak of sin or error on the part of the Church’s members or representatives, rather than the Church in its fullness, that important theological distinction is almost always lost in the transmission.”
PUBLIC ACTS OF CONTRITION IN THE AGE OF SPIN CONTROL
Mary Ann Glendon
“…in a new book titled When a Pope Asks Forgiveness, Luigi Accattoli counted no less than ninety-four instances where John Paul II himself had, acknowledged the mistakes and sins of Christians in connection with, among other things, the Crusades, the Inquisition, persecution of the Jews, religious wars, in re Galileo, and the treatment of women.
vatican.va/jubilee_2000/magazine/documents/ju_mag_01071997_p-26_en.html
You could get that book.
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coachkfan1
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Why would he apologize for the conquest of the Americas by Spain in the name of the Church? After all, it was the Spanish government who commandeered the Church’s name not the Church herself who did this. In fact, it is well known that many of the clergy tempered the actions of the military.
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dmar198
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In all of the cases it was someone doing something in the name of the Church that was actually contrary to the Church’s teachings. The pope was apologizing for all clerics who cooperated. In all of the cases where there was an apology, you had good people in the Church who were trying to stop whatever was happening. Those people need no apology. The pope was apologizing for those Christians who did participate, even though that wasn’t the Church’s fault.
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Contarini
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If you mean “expressions of repentance,” probably you would need to talk to his confessor. Who would, of course, be incurring excommunication if he were to reveal this information (if he’s even still alive).
There is a point behind this flip answer, by the way. I will be coy for once and let you guess what it is
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